Browse beaches by clicking on a county

Great beaches in UK

gareth
Photo: gareth CC BY-SA 2.0
Llantwit Major Beach
Steve  F
Photo: Steve F CC BY-SA 2.0
Featherbed Rocks Beach
Lee Mills
Photo: Lee Mills CC BY-SA 3.0
Scarborough South Bay Scarborough South Beach is a popular resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 0.5 kilometres in length wit...
Andrew Curtis
Photo: Andrew Curtis CC BY-SA 2.0
Easington Beach
Robin Webster 
Photo: Robin Webster  CC BY-SA 2.0
Chapman's Pool
Alan Swain
Photo: Alan Swain CC BY-SA 2.0
Swanage Central Swanage Central is within Swanage Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 960 metres wide ...
Jonathan Billinger
Photo: Jonathan Billinger CC BY-SA 2.0
West Cross Beach
Jonathan Thacker 
Photo: Jonathan Thacker  CC BY-SA 2.0
Walney Biggar Bank Beach
Ian Paterson
Photo: Ian Paterson CC BY-SA 2.0
Eastbourne Beach
Shaun Ferguson
Photo: Shaun Ferguson CC BY-SA 2.0
Bournemouth Boscombe Pier Bournemouth Boscombe Pier forms part of the 15 kilometre coastline of Poole Bay on the Dorset coast. It is a sandy be...
David Hawgood
Photo: David Hawgood CC BY-SA 2.0
Treyarnon Bay
Jim Strang 
Photo: Jim Strang  CC BY-SA 2.0
West Voe Sands
Trish Steel
Photo: Trish Steel CC BY-SA 2.0
Scarborough North Bay Scarborough North Beach is a large resort beach situated on the Yorkshire coast. It is 900 metres in length with a ge...
Iain Lees
Photo: Iain Lees CC BY-SA 2.0
Fishermans Haven Beach
Elliott Simpson 
Photo: Elliott Simpson  CC BY-SA 2.0
Hunstanton Main Beach Hunstanton is a popular Norfolk coastal holiday resort with a largely sandy beach and is one of the few beaches in No...
somaliayaswan
Photo: somaliayaswan CC BY 3.0
Grangetown Beach
Nick Smith
Photo: Nick Smith CC BY-SA 2.0
Hythe Hythe is a resort beach in the North of Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches from Folkestone down to the headland of ...
Nigel Homer
Photo: Nigel Homer CC BY-SA 2.0
Porthcawl Trecco Bay Porthcawl Trecco Bay beach lies in Bridgend, 2 kilometers east of Porthcawl.
Lewis Clarke 
Photo: Lewis Clarke  CC BY-SA 2.0
Sandy Bay Sandy Bay is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 400 metres wide, backed by cliffs.
Philip Halling
Photo: Philip Halling CC BY-SA 2.0
Saunton Sands Saunton Sands bathing water is on the north coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort backed by sand dunes. The beac...
Beach explorer UK Source for water samples and information: the Environmental Protection Agency, users of the site and local municipalities.
Source for weather data: Met Éireann© (CC BY 4.0) Disclaimer: Met Éireann does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error or omission in the data, their availability, or for any loss or damage arising from their use.
Source of satellite-read water temperature: Copernicus Sentinel satellite data from the European Space Agency.